Stories & Events
- Persia Campbell – a long way from Nerrigundah
Professor Emelita Persia Campbell was born at Nerrigundah on 15th […] - In Praise of the Humble Home Movie
From our Conservation Team Home movies present a personal expression […] - The Rectory & The Postmaster’s House – New Releases from MDHS
Two new publications from Shirley Jurmann reveal the secrets of […] - Char-a-banc Tour Comes to Town!
In October 1922 a charabanc tour came to Moruya from […] - Its about time . . .
Exhibition at the Museum 15 Oct 2022 – 31 Jan […] - Workshop – Preserving Photographs
From Daguerrotype to dPrint . . . the care and […] - Hands-on History – Moruya Library 3-11 Sept
History week is coming next week! To mark the event, […] - Attack on the Dureenbee, 80 years on
Extracted from War? What War? by Shirley JurmannPublished in the […] - Motor Gymkhana at Harry’s Farm
Extracted from The Story of Harry’s House By Shirley Jurmann […] - The Story of Toragy Pt Cemetery
by Shirley Jurmann Historic Toragy Point Cemetery at spectacular South […] - A Single Handed Voyage in a Small Craft
A “remarkable” maritime story from Moruya’s history A well known […] - REMARKABLE – Stories of Australians and their Boats
EXHIBITION 15 May – 15 June, 2022 Opening hours 10 […] - Battling Big Floods in 1914
Extracts from the Moruya Examiner and South Coast Advocate 28 […] - Leo De Saxe – Moruya’s First ANZAC ?
Leopold Franklin (Bill) De Saxe (1893–1988) was one of the […] - Moruya granite and the Harbour Bridge
On 19th Jan 2022 the Sydney Harbour Bridge will be […] - Moruya Stories
Moruya’s history told through the people and businesses that shaped […] - Cased Photographs – Reflections on a Process
From our Collection Team In the early days of photography […] - Memories of Moruya Show
by Shirley Jurmann Yes, I’m talking about the MORUYA Show, […] - Christina Strahan – Mistress of the Culinary Art
By Shirley Jurmann Christina (known as Tina) was born in […] - Moruya Museum Opens with 2 New Exhibitions
The Moruya Museum re-opens today after being closed for many […] - Museum wins IMAGinE 2021 award
We are proud to announce that the Museum has just […] - National Science Week 2021 – Science in the laundry
How did people make their shirts so bright? Q. In […] - EVENT: WHEN WAR CAME TO MORUYA
Gary Traynor is hosting the following event on Monday 19 […] - Seasons Greetings From Moruya & District Historical Society
Featured image: One of the Anderson collection of 1920s Christmas […] - MORUYA OPENS DOORS AGAIN WITH TWO REMARKABLE EXHIBITIONS
Moruya & District Historical Society is pleased to announce that […] - Who was the best looking man in the district – Clarrie or Clive?
Featured image: Vulcan Street Moruya looking south, c.1920 Shire-wide news […] - ANZAC Day jigsaws
Featured image: Completed jigsaw puzzle No.4 -Cenotaph stone with inscription, […] - Have you become a keen jigsaw puzzler during your social isolation?
Our featured image is a mess of jigsaw pieces that […] - DIARY OF A PANDEMIC – The Spanish Flu in Moruya
Featured image: Face masks as both function and fashion are […] - Seasons Greetings to all
The Moruya District Historical Society extends greetings to all members, […] - Featured Publication – Moruya Pioneer Directory
Give your family history research a great boost in 2019 […] - Highlights of the Museum
The Museum has a rich collection of artefacts which range […] - Seasons Greetings!
What would Christmas be without the much loved symbols of […] - Modesty must be preserved at all costs!
One of the most striking exhibits in the Moruya Museum’s […] - Inside Our Collection – The Letter Book
Inside Our Collection – The Letter Book One of the […] - Mardi Gras Mayhem Wrap Up
MARDI GRAS MAYHEM WRAP UP What an incredible exhibition! Visitor […] - Moruya “Wedding” – Mardi Gras, January 1967
Featured Image: A float at the 1967 Mardi Gras Note: […] - Heroes of the Eurobodalla remembered
The Eurobodalla Shire Council issued the following press release yesterday, […] - Inside Our Collection – The much travelled Willow Christmas cake tin and ‘postal bag’
In many museums it is easy to find objects that […]
100 Years Ago
- 100 Years Ago – 24 March 1923
MR. Ball says the time is not far distant when […] - 100 Years Ago – 17 March 1923
OVER 300,000,000 rabbit skins have already been sold in Sydney […] - 100 Years Ago – 10 March 1923
IN every respect the recent Tilba Show was one of […] - 100 Years Ago – 3 March 1923
MORUYA Factory was awarded first for loaf cheese at the […] - 100 Years Ago – 24 February 1922
RECEIVING an urgent call on Monday last, Mr. Godfred Hanscom, […] - 100 years Ago – 10 February 1923
IT is rumored that Sir Samuel Hordern has an eye […] - 100 Years Ago – 3 February 1923
THE following eight pupils from Nelligen Public School were successful […] - 100 Years Ago – 27 January 1923
THE following pupils from the Dwyer’s Creek Public School passed […] - 100 Years Ago – 20 January 1923
WHEN will the Shire Council repair the disgraceful dressing shed […] - 100 Years Ago – 13 January 1923
MESSRS. R. W. Thatcher and Sons have just completed a […] - 100 Years Ago – 6 January 1923
MR. McCreadie, of McCreadie Bros., the famous building contractors, was […] - 100 Years Ago – 23 December 1922
THREE farms in Tilba district experienced an outbreak of pleuro […] - 100 Years Ago – 16 December 1922
FOR the benefit of dairymen we wish to notify them […] - 100 Years Ago – 9 December 1922
THROUGH the axe he was using gliding off the wood, […] - 100 Years Ago – 2 December 1922
AUCTIONEERS’ district licenses for Police District of Moruya have been […] - 100 Years Ago – 25 November 1922
MR. Bert Coppin, who was the successful tenderer for the […] - 100 Years Ago – 18 November 1922
BUSH fires have been raging on the Yarragee range during […] - 100 Years Ago – 11 November 1922
WHEN on his way to the Tuffwood Sawmill on Tuesday […] - 100 years Ago – 4 November 1922
MRS. E. M. Wallace has disposed of her general store […] - 100 Years Ago – 28 October 1922
ON the invitation of Mrs. G. Mercer and Miss Mollie […]
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